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hear on "weekends with alex witt." i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! >>> let's get back to the big three for best week, worst week. my panel, molly, morris, who are your picks for best and worst this week? >> the best i'm going to say, the guy rights movement. there were, of course, the four different ballot measures that they won on tuesday. but beyond that, there was a lot of stuff done the ballot, less notice, tommy baldwin becoming the first openly gay senator. there was a vote in favor of guy rights decision. so up and down the ballot, there are not a lot of happier people in america, outside of maybe the obama campaign, than the gay rights movement. >> your worst week goes to who? >> republican denial. we found out that the republicans were living in deni
hear on "weekends with alex witt." i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! >>> let's get back to the big three for best week, worst week. my panel, molly, morris, who are your picks for best and worst this week? >>...
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welcome to "weekends with alex witt." and welcome here to the kickoff of msnbc's live coverage from demosthenes plaza. we'll be right here in rockefeller center in new york city from now until election day and through the results night on tuesday. we're going to have more on that in just a moment. but first here's what's happening right now. it is a sprint to the finish, a huge weekend for both campaigns. president obama and mitt romney crisscrossing the country in a blur of nonstop events. we have two reports, nbc's peter alexander is in new hampshire today with mitt romney and nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is in house with president obama. we're going to start with the president, who is making four campaign stops in four different states. kristen welker is not campaigning. but she's making those four stops in four states, she is in mentor, ohio. kristen, good morning to you on this busy day. the president showing the importance of that state by coming back again today? >> oh, absolutely, alex. good mornin
welcome to "weekends with alex witt." and welcome here to the kickoff of msnbc's live coverage from demosthenes plaza. we'll be right here in rockefeller center in new york city from now until election day and through the results night on tuesday. we're going to have more on that in just a moment. but first here's what's happening right now. it is a sprint to the finish, a huge weekend for both campaigns. president obama and mitt romney crisscrossing the country in a blur of nonstop...
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hi. >> hey there, alex witt. we will dig into those closing arguments from the campaigns as they crisscross the country in these final hours of the race. also, an update next hour from fema on sandy recovery efforts in the northeast and how that major storm may have changed the game this week. i'm live from here in d.c. for the next hour so keep it right here. >> we are staying put. thank you very much, craig melvin. >>> coming up next the big three, keystone capers. what's behind a new move in pennsylvania. you're watching "weekends with alex witt" live from democracy plaza. okay, that looks great. were you profitable last month? how much money is in your checking account? have the browns paid you for their addition yet? your finances are scattered all over the place. mm-hmm. what are your monthly expenses? you keep your receipts in plastic baggies? seriously? [ announcer ] get it done and get it off your mind... with quickbooks. organize your small business finances... all in one place. quickbooks pulls in info
hi. >> hey there, alex witt. we will dig into those closing arguments from the campaigns as they crisscross the country in these final hours of the race. also, an update next hour from fema on sandy recovery efforts in the northeast and how that major storm may have changed the game this week. i'm live from here in d.c. for the next hour so keep it right here. >> we are staying put. thank you very much, craig melvin. >>> coming up next the big three, keystone capers. what's...
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welcome to "weekend with alex witt." all that plus four fresh battle ground polls and we're joining you live at 30 rockefeller center, headquarters for msnbc's campaign coverage from now until election day. and through results night tuesday. first, this day's headlines. with less than 40 hours to election day a flurry of activity already this sunday. president obama kicked off the day in new hampshire with former president bill clinton. >> so when you ask yourself the question, who is going to fight for me and bring about real change, you know that i know what real change looks like. because i fought for it alongside you. i've got the scars to prove it. i've got the gray hair to show for it. >> after wrap lg up in new hampshire, president obama heads to florida for an event with recording artist pitt bull. he ends his day in colorado with dave matthews. mitt romney kicked off this f d final sunday in iowa with a rally in des moines. >> the question of this election comes down to this. do you want four more years like the
welcome to "weekend with alex witt." all that plus four fresh battle ground polls and we're joining you live at 30 rockefeller center, headquarters for msnbc's campaign coverage from now until election day. and through results night tuesday. first, this day's headlines. with less than 40 hours to election day a flurry of activity already this sunday. president obama kicked off the day in new hampshire with former president bill clinton. >> so when you ask yourself the question,...
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[ cheers and applause ] >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." it's time now for a look at this hour's fast five headlines. in just a few minutes the president will be leaving on a four-day, three-nation trip to southeast asia. the first top thailand, then myanmar, also known as burma. he'll be the first sitting u.s. president to visit that country. in egypt a scene of devastation at a railroad crossing after a train hit a bus caring kindergarten students. the government says 49 children are dead, 18 others hurt. >>> back in this country, the coast guard is still searching for two oil rig workers after yesterday's explosion and fire on a platform in the gulf of mexico. >>> a 20-year-old missouri man is facing charges for an admitted plot to want a shooting spree at a theater showing the new twilight movie. the man's mother contacted police after she discovered he bought weapons like the ones used in the colorado movie theater massacre. >>> nfl great mike ditka say his doctors say he suffered a very minor stroke. ditka was playing cards yesterday
[ cheers and applause ] >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." it's time now for a look at this hour's fast five headlines. in just a few minutes the president will be leaving on a four-day, three-nation trip to southeast asia. the first top thailand, then myanmar, also known as burma. he'll be the first sitting u.s. president to visit that country. in egypt a scene of devastation at a railroad crossing after a train hit a bus caring kindergarten students. the...
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"weekends with alex witt" starts now. >>> shock and gone. the cia director and four-star general david petraeus abruptly resigned because of an extramarital affair. there's new information this morning. >>> the fiscal cliff. is the u.s. closer to the edge of an economic disaster, or is there room for compromise? and we compare what the president and the gop house leader said. >>> spending spree. new signs today that the economy is on the upswing, and you might be driving it. good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt," let's get to what's happening right now out there as we have new information today on the shocking resignation of cia director david petraeus. we have now learned the fbi opened an investigation into his biographer, paula broadwell, for allegedly accessing petraeus' e-mails. all this just a week before the general was set to testify before congress on the benghazi attack. joining me now is greg miller, national security correspondent for "the washington post." greg, what a morning. let's get right to it. i'd l
"weekends with alex witt" starts now. >>> shock and gone. the cia director and four-star general david petraeus abruptly resigned because of an extramarital affair. there's new information this morning. >>> the fiscal cliff. is the u.s. closer to the edge of an economic disaster, or is there room for compromise? and we compare what the president and the gop house leader said. >>> spending spree. new signs today that the economy is on the upswing, and you...
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al alex witt is joining us. >> let's take a look just how the president won re-election. some said his challenge would be to avoid a big loss among white voters. it looks like it is exactly what he did. the president got 43% of the white vote in 2008. a lot less than his opponent but still enough to win. let's look here at 2012. you will see what happened here. not far off. 40% of the white vote. he matched performance among non-whites. however, let's look at another graphic. he benefitted from the gender gap. his edge among women? look at that. a 12 point edge. also important was the youth vote. 60% voting for him. down a little from four years ago. >> we will talk about shortly. let's talk more about the numbers that alex was demonstrating, dig into the race issue as well and president obama being able to get the numbers that we needed. it was not the turn-out that we saw in '08 but still monumental. >> no question about it. the unfortunate truth is that president obama had multiple paths to victory yesterday evening. the reason why is that the democrats understand that
al alex witt is joining us. >> let's take a look just how the president won re-election. some said his challenge would be to avoid a big loss among white voters. it looks like it is exactly what he did. the president got 43% of the white vote in 2008. a lot less than his opponent but still enough to win. let's look here at 2012. you will see what happened here. not far off. 40% of the white vote. he matched performance among non-whites. however, let's look at another graphic. he...
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alex witt is joining us with the latest on that. alex, what are the numbers showing us? >> well, let's take a look just how the president won re-election tonight. some analysts said his challenge would be to avoid a big loss among white maintaining the huge advantage that he had four years ago among es. and it looks like it's exactly what he did, thomas. look right now. in 2008ou t got 43% of the white vote a lott at the time, john mti k here at 2012. and you'll see what happ off from his performance of four years ago with 40% of the white vote. he also matche ago. however, let's look at another graprelative to the gender gap. he benefited from that tonight. that. that was a 12-point edge that he had. 55-43. that more than made up for his seven-point loss among men. also important, thomas was the youth vote for the president. 60% of the young people voting down a little bit from four years ago but still a solid group for obama. back to you. >> alex thanks so much. we'll talk shortly. robert traynham is also a part of our power panel this evening. let's talk about the num
alex witt is joining us with the latest on that. alex, what are the numbers showing us? >> well, let's take a look just how the president won re-election tonight. some analysts said his challenge would be to avoid a big loss among white maintaining the huge advantage that he had four years ago among es. and it looks like it's exactly what he did, thomas. look right now. in 2008ou t got 43% of the white vote a lott at the time, john mti k here at 2012. and you'll see what happ off from his...
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we're going to take a moment now and i'm going to give you a preview of "weekends with alex witt." >> i'm doing well. i love your dress. here we go. the david petraeus resignation. what more do we know about -- the man who studied his life and tried to figure him out. the author of barack obama, the story. at least one state has passed a tax on the wealthy. does that mean the rest of the country will agree? i'm talking to the former governor of the state, gray davis. politics, what do the elections say about america. unique perspective from eugene robinson. i'm looking forward to that. >> thank you, alex. you have great guests. >> i know. trying to match up with you. >> thank you, alex. and when we come back, we're going to talk about the fact that they lost their homes and their possessions during hurricane sandy but they didn't lose their right to vote. our foot soldier is next. 8 training from your son. can you help me with something? nope! good talk. [ male announcer ] or free windows 8 training when you buy a computer at staples. another way staples makes it easier to upgrade. wh
we're going to take a moment now and i'm going to give you a preview of "weekends with alex witt." >> i'm doing well. i love your dress. here we go. the david petraeus resignation. what more do we know about -- the man who studied his life and tried to figure him out. the author of barack obama, the story. at least one state has passed a tax on the wealthy. does that mean the rest of the country will agree? i'm talking to the former governor of the state, gray davis. politics,...
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i'm alex witt. a imaginal cease-fire between israel and hamas is holding. the agreement ended eight days of fierce fighting. >>> susan rice defending her comments following the attacks in benghazi. race claims they were based on intelligence she received at time. >>> the thanksgiving macy's parade ready for lift-off. balloons inflated last night. full news begins at top of the hour but now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." with an electoral history or victory behind him, democrats are feeling more confident in talks with republicans about the fiscal cliff. many on the left have been vocal in calling for the president not to buckle on the issues of tax increases on the rich and no cuts to entitlements like social security and medicare. many key players are talking more defiantly on these issues since the election. nancy pelosi for example flatly said she wouldn't go along with a deal that didn't raise tax rates on the rich. let's watch the former speaker. >> we've seen talk about a possible compromise that would leave rates the same but cap
i'm alex witt. a imaginal cease-fire between israel and hamas is holding. the agreement ended eight days of fierce fighting. >>> susan rice defending her comments following the attacks in benghazi. race claims they were based on intelligence she received at time. >>> the thanksgiving macy's parade ready for lift-off. balloons inflated last night. full news begins at top of the hour but now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." with an...
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coming up, "weekend with alex witt." [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you could combine the capability of a pathfinder with the comfort of a sedan? ♪ so you went right back to the pathfinder's essence, kept its dna, and created the next-gen s.u.v. starting with a drivetrain that gives best-in-class fuel economy of 26 miles per gallon, highway... ♪ ...and intuitive 4-wheel drive? ♪ if inside it had best-in-class front, head, and leg room and interior roominess? and...